Content Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this story contains the name of a Yamatji person who has passed away. The National Justice Project has joined more than 100 experts, advocates and prominent Australians to urge Western Australia Premier Roger Cook to close the state’s notorious Unit 18 youth prison. The open […]
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“I am still heartbroken about the death of my son [in WA Prisons]. I don’t want any mother to have to go through what I have had to bear” – mother of Jomen Blanket.
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A coroner has accepted expert opinion that the life of Stanley Inman Jnr could have been saved if there had been culturally safe care at Acacia Prison.
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The National Justice Project believes some inmates at Clarence Correctional Centre may have a strong case for false imprisonment after a recent NSW Ombudsman’s report exposed the vengeful, unlawful and oppressive operations of the Serco facility. Adjunct Professor George Newhouse, National Justice Project CEO, said an Ombudsman’s investigation into the events following an assault on
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A spate of suicides in WA’s Acacia Prison will be highlighted this week, as the WA Coroner examines the death of Stanley Inman Jnr.
Mental health in prisons to be scrutinised in inquest into death of Stanley Inman Jnr Read More »
In this explainer, we take a look at the impact of the High-Risk Serious Offenders Act on Indigenous people in Western Australia.
Explainer: what is the WA High-Risk Serious Offenders Act? Read More »
Mr Yeeda, was a 19 year-old First Nations man who died of rheumatic heart disease (RHD) at the West Kimberley Regional Prison.
Coroner finds death of First Nations man in prison preventable Read More »
On 3 May 2018, Mr Yeeda, a 19-year-old Aboriginal man, died at the West Kimberly Regional Prison whilst serving a 14-month custodial term of imprisonment.
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International human rights barrister Jennifer Robinson has joined the National Justice Project to advise the family of Ballardong Njaki-Njaki woman Donna Nelson ahead of her trial set down to begin next month on 18 November 2024. The West Australian grandmother Donna Nelson is currently being held in Chiba prison, Japan, awaiting trial for a crime
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The National Justice Project has welcomed the establishment of a Senate Inquiry into Australia’s youth justice and incarceration system following the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee announcement last week. Principal Solicitor of the National Justice Project Emma Hearne also welcomed an invitation from the inquiry for our human rights legal firm to make a submission
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